Waugh v. Traxler

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a violation of a safety statute is prima facie negligence and not negligence per se
• holding that a violation of a safety statute is prima facie negligence and not negligence per se
• \[T]he mere fact that an automobile skids on the road is not alone evidence of negligence on the part of the driver.\
• “[T]he mere fact that an automobile skids on the road is not alone evidence of negligence on the part of the driver.”
• “‘[T]he violation of a statute is prima facie negligence and not negligence per se.’” (quoting Spurlin v. Nardo, 145 W.Va. 408, 415, 114 S.E.2d 913, 918 (1960))
• The fact that an automobile skids on icy roads across the center line striking another vehicle is not evidence of negligence on the part of the driver as a matter of law

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